Image: Annual report for the year ended June 30 (1959) (18404256836)

Description: Title: Annual report for the year ended June 30 ... Identifier: annualreportfory1959united (find matches) Year: 1951 (1950s) Authors: United States National Museum Subjects: United States National Museum Publisher: (Washington) : Smithsonian Institution Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 52 U-S. NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 195 9 Dr. Harry M. Smith. Of mammalian materials acquired, the skull of the Miocene whale Cetotherium megalophysum, is outstanding. It was collected by Captains Daniel and Edward Harrison of Ewell, Md., and was presented by the Ewell Junior High School. Among the important gifts received in the division of invertebrate paleontology and paleobotany are: 7,345 specimens of carboniferous plants collected by Dr. Harvey Bassler, received from the Maryland Department of Geology, Mines and Water Resources, The Johns Hopkins University; 23 type specimens of Miocene mollusks from the Chesapeake Bay area, from Dr. John Oleksyshyn, Boston University; 144 slides of Recent Foraminifera and Ostracoda from the Antarctic, from Rear Admiral Charles W. Thomas; 63 specimens of Oligomiocene Text Appearing After Image: Humerus of the Jurassic Dinosaur Brachiosaurus. Largest known from this country, it is 6 feet 10 inches long, and was donated by D. E. Jones of Delta, Colorado. ostracods from the Brasso formation of Trinidad, from Dr. W. A. van den Bold; 200 Mesozoic invertebrate fossils from Israel, from Dr. J. Wahrman; and 263 foraminiferal concentrates and well-cuttings form Italian Somalia, from the Sinclair Oil and Gas Company. Through funds provided by the Walcott bec-(uest,438 invertebrate fossils, including over 400 goniatites from Oldahoma, were acquired by the museum. A grant from the National Science Foundation permitted associate curator Porter M.Kier to collect 1,490 echinoids and other invertebrate fossils in Belgium, France, Holland, and Switzerland. Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Annual report for the year ended June 30 (1959) (18404256836)
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